{"id":4117,"date":"2012-05-07T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T12:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:34","slug":"cell-phone-problem-solvers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phone-problem-solvers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell phone problem solvers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Discarded-Mobiles.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2922\" title=\"Discarded Mobiles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Discarded-Mobiles.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2922 lazyload\" title=\"Discarded Mobiles\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Discarded-Mobiles.jpg\"><\/a>New and old cell phones, particularly smart-phones that have access to the internet, are now not so much as communication devices as full-blown problem solvers, according to the new report from the Internet &amp; American Life project of the Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>The most recent survey from Pew about our online life says that 70 percent of cell phone owners and as much as 86 percent of smart-phone owners say that they have made use of the devices in order to arrange meetings with associates and friends, settle an argument, solve a problem, and find traffic or transport information.&nbsp; The study, which was conducted by phone between 15 March and 3 April this year, saw 2254 people over the age of 18 across the nation asked about their use of the devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>Of the respondents, 41 percent said they had used cell phones to arrange get-togethers or meetings, with 35 percent having used them to solve an unexpected problem either for themselves or for someone else.&nbsp; Twenty-seven percent had used them to settle a dispute, 20 percent having used them to find out public transit or traffic information, 23 percent have looked up a sports score using the devices and 19 percent have used them to get help in an emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>\u201cSmart-phones are changing basic patterns of human communication because they allow people to get real-time information to help them solve problems,\u201d says the coauthor of the report, Susannah Fox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New and old cell phones, particularly smart-phones that have access to the internet, are now not so much as communication devices as full-blown problem solvers, according to the new report from the Internet &#038; 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